John W Barger
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Biography
I'm the author of a book of essays, The Elephant of Silence: Essays on Poetics and Cinema (LSU Press, 2024), and six books of poetry. Before joining Dartmouth's Institute for Writing and Rhetoric in 2023, I taught creative writing at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. My current research and teaching focus on poetry and poetics, film, and Romantic literature.
Education
B.A. Simon Fraser University
M.A. Carleton College
Publications
Essays
The Elephant of Silence: Essays on Poetics and Cinema. (LSU Press, Forthcoming in February 2024)
Poetry
Smog Mother (Palimpsest Press, 2022)
Resurrection Fail (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2021)
The Mean Game (Palimpsest Press, 2019)
The Book of Festus (Palimpsest Press, 2015)
Hummingbird (Palimpsest Press, 2012)
Pain-proof Men (Palimpsest Press, 2009)
Individual Essays
"In Praise of the Goblin" in Full Stop, 2023
"Club Silencio" in Literary Matters, 2023
"The Elephant of Silence" in Cleaver, 2022
"The Underglimmer," in Poetry Northwest, 2021
"The Music of the Zone," in Poetry Northwest, 2021
"In the Theater of Coldness," in Literary Matters, 2020
johnwallbarger.com
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